Monthly Archives: March 2015

Sometimes, especially on a dismal grey Monday morning, it’s just not worth it. Know what we mean? The queues for the bathroom, the forced jollity at the parole office, all that fake how are you stuff as you receive this week’s TP reports. And that’s when you need some help.

One of the issues with sharing articles on the web is that even if you only want to share a section or a few lines, unless you copy paste it, you’re sort of stuck sharing the entire piece. This is especially an issue for long form and academic writing. Pith.li is a highlighter for the internet.

Ever tried to rub two pieces of flint together to make fire? It looks so easy on TV and movies but first you have to identify what rock flint is and then actually make it work. Or you can just buy the Light My Fire Swedish FireSteel Scout, a fire starter for times when you don’t have matches.

Many more people are nowadays trying to grow their own food in whatever way they can, spurred on by a growing distrust in the quality of the mass produced food available in most shops. However it can be hard work, especially if you live in a city, as anyone who’s ever tried growing any edibles on their balcony will tell you. Now a new system designed in Portugal may provide an easier solution.

The marketing blurb says ‘designed for an active lifestyle’, but we’re thinking what they probably mean is quite the opposite. These Hickies Elastic Laces are clearly made for those who would prefer not to have to bend over and laboriously tie up their laces. They’re for couch potatoes like you’n me. OK, maybe not you.

The LifeStraw is a brilliant invention, designed to let you safely purify contaminated water completely, so you could happily drink from rivers or other suspect water sources on your foreign travels. It also comes with a nicely humanitarian feature, in that every purchase funds a year’s clean drinking water in Africa for a child. Now the company is branching out, or rather in, to our kitchens.

We’re actually having trouble thinking of *any* situation where this product would be considered even remotely funny, but we’re honor bound by our sense of civic duty to feature it here for discussion and ridicule. The Right Time Prank Pregnancy Test is guaranteed to always indicate a positive result, no matter what.

So you’ve got a great song sitting inside your head, but you don’t know how to get it properly made? Sure you could use your friend’s friend from down the road, or look up a local musician on Craigslist, but that’s only going to get you so far. But actually you can have your song professionally produced and recorded just like the stars. Without all the mayhem.

Everyone knows that 3D printing is still at an extremely early stage of development, just baby steps really. But it’s clear that eventually the process of printing things on demand will change the world beyond all recognition. It will make the mobile phone revolution look like nothing. Think we’re joking?

Are you famous and super tired of the paparazzi taking candid pictures of you ALL THE TIME? Probably not but that’s ok, you can still grab the Flashback Photobomber Hoodie. It’s a hoodie that keeps anyone from snapping your picture.

Getting people to clean is hard at any age. Getting children to clean is almost impossible. Like herding cats. With the right tools, it can be done however. ChoreMonster is a suite of apps that helps you get your little ones (or big ones) on track with helping out.

Most people look at dandelions and call them weeds. In the fall they become seed bearing balls of fluff where wishes are born if you’re a kid. If you’re a grownup, you’re probably upset at the damge they’ll do to your lawn. The Dandelight might get you to start believing the humble dandelion is pretty enough to be a flower again.

We take it for granted, but water is not universally available to all. Even where there are loads of running water taps, there are situations where it may not be possible or feasible to use a lot of it in doing something like taking a bath. Which is where this clever product comes into play.